DOVER — Two Arkansas State Police drug dogs and their two legged partners spent part of the morning Wednesday at Dover High School and Middle School.

High school principal Jo Lynn Taverner said the high school went into lockdown at 9 a.m. while the dogs went down the hallway and into unoccupied rooms until the dogs were done 50 minutes later, at which time the “all clear” sounded over the intercom.

The dogs did a sweep of the high school parking lot and then spent about 20 minutes at the middle school.

After the event, the school posted information about the event on its Facebook page to alert parents that it occurred.

“This morning we had a routine lock down at the High School and Middle School. During this lockdown procedure, we had drug dogs from the Arkansas State Police in the buildings and on campus. We are pleased to let you know nothing was found. All students performed the lock down as planned in our school wide safety protocol,” the Facebook post stated.

Taverner said the school periodically requests the assistance of the Arkansas State Police or local law enforcement to make the sweep at the schools.

“We have partnered with local law enforcement i previous year and try to have them out at least one each year,” Taverner said. “This year we partnered with the Arkansas State Police, and we would really like to have this occur more than once each year. We do this to protect our students and keep them safe.”

Lets make sure that all the faculty and staff, along with the school administrative buildings were also checked. It would be unethical to check the students without checking all administrative offices, also for drugs AND alcohol.